Tire-boot.



W. P. ONEIL.

TIRE BOOT.

APPLIGATIQN FILED MAR. 21, 1914.

1,108,389. Patented Aug. 25, 1914 llt llltl tllt ttl

'WILLIAM 1E. ONEXL, 0F KNSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

Specication ot Letters Patent.

Patented dus. 25, 191%..

.application tiled March 2l, 19111, Serial No. 826,379.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, lCVILLMM lF. hlnlr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in 'lire-Boots, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to tire boots for pneumatic-tired wheels, and my object is to produce a tire boot ot simple and cheap construction which is extremely strong and durable and which is of such construction that it will retain its shape until worn out.

1With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar teatures of construction and combination ot parts as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in Which lFigure l, is a perspective view ot a tire boot embodying my invention. lfig. 2 is a transverse section ot the tire boot as applied to a pneumatic tire.

laleretotore it has been customary to make tire boots ot two layers ot material, and it has been necessary that both such layers shall be provided with incisions at their longitudinal edgesvtor the purpose oit permit ting the boot to tit the tire snugly. rll`he necessity for so making the boot was due to the tact that the inside layers or lining ot the boot was not previously stretched properly to conform to the tire. l have found in practice that by the use ot old tire fabric as a lining tor the bootA` that is fabric which has constituted a part ot an old pneumatic tire and has therefore been stretched by actual service on the road, a boot can be made which is superior to thc boots composed ot any material Which has not been stretched under such service. My invention consists in making a tire boot with an inner lining ot stretched tire `fabric and an outer layer of chrome leather secured together by acid cured cement and rivets.

l indicates the inner layer or lining ot' a tire boot, the said layer or lining beingl composedot a piece ot tabric trom an old tire and hence which has been stretched in actual road service. Q is the outer layer or casing of the boot, the same being oli' chrome leather because ot its durability and strength and along its longitudinal center said casing is studded with steel rivets 3 to act as a wear surface the rivets vol;b such -surtace preferably extending through the lining ot' the inner layer ot the boot as a double protection against the separation of the layers or lining in the casing at the points where the boot is subjected to the sevcrest strain.

To make the casing or outer layer conform to the properly formed lining ot' tire :fabric` the side edges of the casing must be provided with the customary incisions 4, so that the inner margin of the casing of the boot can be properly shortened to tit snugly upon the lining l which through previous use has been shaped to properly fitthe tire.

The inner and outer layers or the lining and casing ot the boot are secured together by suitable acid cured cement as indicated at 5, it being Wellknown that by this proc ess leather can be secured to a tire fabric so as to torni practically an integral part thereof.

'the boot is adapted to be secured upon the tire in any suitable manner, the preferred construction being to rivet to the side mar gins o the boot, series ot outturned hooks C, tor engagement With the inturned hook margins ot the rim t5, ot av pneumatic tired wheel, the boot titting around the tire D, as shown.

'.lire Vboots ot the character hereinbet'ore described have been generally employed tor etlecting emergency repairs, but the practice has grown, particularly in the country otI employing tire boots as tire protectors. lor this reason it has become desirable that the boot shall tit with the utmost nicety and possess the quality of durability in a high degree. Jtgain the ordinary boot which is not composed or provided with a lining ot properly stretched material does not at its ends tit the tire with the requisite degree oitl snugness to guard against sand and dust working between the tire and boot and hence rendering the latter more susceptible to injury by Contact with sharp stones or other objects in the roadway.

lll/ith a boot as described herein, the trouble last mentioned is not encountered nor Wilt the lining stretch and tiare at its ends trom the tire after a short or a long period ol service, as frequently happens with a hoot madeot non-stretched `material or provided with a non-stretched lining.

From the above description, it will be ag parent that l have produced a tire boot ltlli 'margins of said leather to ermit it to be shaped t0, conform to sai abric, hooks 15 riveted to the side margins of said boot, said rivets passing entirely through said leather and said fabric each hook being riveted a two or more places, and said'rivets being in appended claim. longitudinal alinement.

I claim: In testimony whereof, I aix my. signa- In a pneumatic tiregboot comqosed of an ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable and I Wish it Vto be uni derstood that While I have illustrated'and .i described the .preferred embodiment. of the same, I reserve the right to make all chan es falling Within the spirit and scope of ie inner layer of tire fabric previous ystretched lVlLLIAM F. ONEIL. to the shape of asection of a tire, an outer I Witnesses:

layer of leather permanently cemented to 'H. C. RODGEBS,

said fabric,V incisions in the longitudinal i G. Y. THoRra, 

